One doesn't have to be an aviator to understand how an aircraft works. In simplistic terms, engines push it through the air, the wings provide lift, and various control surfaces like stabilizers, ...

DARPA has awarded Aurora Flight Sciences a phase 2 contract for its CRANE (Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors) program, following wind tunnel testing of a small-scale X-plane that ...

Boeing has launched a new Nacelle and Flight-Control Surface Exchange Programme providing airlines an integrated and economical solution. Under the programme, customers can exchange nacelle and flight ...

Primary flight controls (rudder, ailerons, elevator) are essential for safe flight, while secondary controls augment them or modify aircraft performance, particularly at low speeds. Key secondary ...

Joby Aviation and GKN Aerospace have signed a multi-year agreement to supply the air taxi developer with thermoplastic flight control surfaces. “We are very excited to be joining forces with GKN ...

Airbus's DFDR reading of Air India flight AI-2379 from Phuket to Delhi shows a 4-second loss of control surfaces caused a ...

Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE:JOBY), which is developing all-electric aircraft for commercial passenger service, and GKN Aerospace have today agreed a multi-year agreement for the supply of thermoplastic ...

A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency X-plane employing bursts of air to initiate climbs, turns and descents rather than traditional flight control surfaces is scheduled to fly in 2027 after a ...

The August 4 incident occurred on ⁠Air ​India flight AI2379 from Phuket to Delhi, which landed safely in Delhi despite the ...

Airbus's initial reading of the Digital Flight Data Recorder (black box) of the A-320 jetliner, which violently dropped 300 ...